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I have music on my mind. I’m listening to Voodoo Child (ten point bonus if you know how this relates to Doctor Who) and thinking about my next portable music player. Like most geeks, the first question I ask about any digital music device is, “does it play OGG?”

Generally superior to MP3, Ogg Vorbis is a must for any lossy digital music collection, but it’s not the only feature I look for in a music player. I use four basic criteria to judge music players: Read more…

Dell didn’t ask but if they had I would have told them that Ubuntu Linux is a good choice. I have generally refrained from the usual histrionics whenever something Linux-ish makes the news, but I’d would like to voice a couple remarks regarding Dell’s Ubuntu announcement.

While I’m always happy to see Linux reaching a wider audience, Dell has been something of a fair weather friend to the open source crowd. Read more…